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STREET CAR FENDER.

(Application filed Mar. 31, 1899.) I(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 2.

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FRANKLIN VALTER, OF ALBANY,'NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-FIFTHS TO HENRY O. LANGE AND GEORGE STEAOHER, OF SAME PLACE.

STREET-CAR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentrNo. 626,1;16, dated May 30, 1899.

Application filed March 3 1, 1 8 9 9.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN WALTnR,'a citizen, of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Albany, in the county of Albany, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Car Fenders, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to street-car fenders; and the object of my invention is to provide a fender adapted to be placed on the dashboard of a street-car and so arranged that it may be lowered when occasion requires and when in its lowered position shall movel along the track, a portion of the fender in contact therewith, and the endless bands forming part of the fender putin operation. I attain this object by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the section of the sprocket-chain. Fig. 4 is a plan of the section of the sprocket-chain. Fig. 5 is a plan of the fender. along the lines X X on Fig. 5, showing the sprocket while in gear. Fig. 7 is a section along the lines X X on Fig. 5, showing the sprocket-wheel out of gear. Fig. 8 is a detailed view showing the means for moving the sprocket-wheel out of gear.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

p To the dashboard A of a car I secure a fender by means of eyebolts a a and the bars O, said eyebolts engaging with the rod F, suitably secured to the dashboard at fand beneath the car to the floor by means of a suitable bolt f or in any suitable manner. For the purpose of raising-the fender and holding it in its elevated position I place the pivoted racks B B in contact with the dashboard, providing near the upper ends of the racks springs b', tending to force the rack outward from the dashboard, the bar C capable of resting upon one of the teeth of the rack, and thus holding it in its elevated position. I do not, however, limit myself to this method of securing the fender to the car or to this method of holding it elevated from the track. p

The fender proper consists of a frame hav- Fig. 6 is a section` Serial No. 711,253. (No model.)

ing side pieces D D and a connecting-rod D at the front of the fender. I arrange a series of metallic strips G G, secured to the front rod Df and supported near the rear end of the fender by a suitable rod elevated somewhat from the position of the rod D in such a manner that the strips G G will form an inclined plane, the highest portion of which is nearest "the dashboard. After passing over the suppulleys It h, about each of which passes ay sprocket-chain I-I, each of which engages with the sprocket-wh eel J, mounted on the spindle j. The spindle j has at each end a gear-wheel J', adapted to engage with the gear 7c on the drive-wheel W. By this means motion is imparted to the spindle j and to the sprocketwheels J, keyed thereto, whichof course imparts motion to the sprocket-chains II. The chains I'I are provided with a number of projections 7L h', said projections in the movement of the sprocket-chains tending to engage with and carry an obj ect brought in contact therewith toward the dashboard. The spindle j has bearings in the vertical posts VL L, secured to or formed integral with the side pieces D D, said bearings being in an elongated openingj' in said post L and pref'- erably provided with a pivoted catch l, upon which the spindle j rests. 'A curved lever M, forming the end pieces of a cradle, being provided with crossbars m m fm, is pivoted to the post L at n and provided with an enlarged cam-shaped projection on its end N, adapted to engage with'the support Z of the spindle j, said cam-shaped portion N so constructed as to its conformation that when the cradle is forced backward or downward the l roo signed that the fender shall be out of contact with the tracks except when lowered in ease of emergency, I arrange for supporting the fender in its elevated position, in addition to the rack and eyebolts already described, the rods O O, attached to the side pieces D D, respectively, and provided with a connectingbar P, upon which I arrange a button Q, which when the fender is raised may be brought in contact with the top R of the dashboard A. I preferably arrange guides p p for each of the rods O O for the purpose of assisting the eyebolts on the rod F in guiding the fender to its position on the track when lowered thereto.

The operation of this device is apparent. Ordinarily the fender is raised from the track and held in connection with the dashboard of the car. Then it is necessary to lower the fender for the purpose of picking up an object, the motorman will push the button Q and pull the rack out of contact, when the fender will immediately fall, the Wheels W engaging with the tracks, and the gear-wheels put in operation the series of sprocket-chains, which will cause any body with which they come in contact to be carried to the cradle. A body striking the cradle will immediately lift the gears out of contact and prevent further movement of the sprocket-chains.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A car-fender comprising a frame; a pair of wheels adapted to engage with a railwaytrack; gears on said wheels; a spindle carryin g a series of pulleys keyed thereto and a gear-wheel adapted to engage with the-gears on the wheels ot' the fender, with a lever adapted to break the connection between gears on the spindle with gears on the wheels, substantially as described.

Signed by me, at Albany, New York, this 25th day of March, 1899.

FRANKLIN NVAL'IER.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK W. CAMERON, MARY E. PARLATE. 

